In your opinion, was Obama calling Palin a pig in lipstick or not?

I feel Obama knew exactly what he was doing.





He gave Hillary the finger in the same nonchalant way.





Agree or disagree?





Obama gives Hillary the finger?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bhL7qk4Q鈥?/a>In your opinion, was Obama calling Palin a pig in lipstick or not?
That's exactly what he was doing and with his mentality, he thinks that's funny, not classless. The phrase has been around forever, but the reference Palin used a few days earlier is why Obama used it. And even his supporters knew what he was alluding to and that's why they chanted, ';No more pit bull!'; afterwards.





I don't care *that* much that he said it. I care that he's lying -- instead of simply apologizing like a decent leader would do, I care that his supporters are lying as well, and mostly that the liberal media, like CNN, updated their stories and removed the part about the crowd chanting that, which shows they knew exactly what he was referring to.In your opinion, was Obama calling Palin a pig in lipstick or not?
Of course he knew exactly what he was doing that does not mean that he referred to all women as pigs or even Palin for that matter as the Republicans would have everyone believe. In a debate a common tool is to use the words of your opponent phrased in a new and clever way so as to belittle their argument- Republicans have abused and spun it,in a very clever way and by hugely deceptive means. Remember they have a well funded Karl Rovian staff of dis-informers the likes of which we can only imagine. Try explaining this to some hick idiot in a pinch after he has just watched Fox news.
He did not call Palin a pig...he did give Hillary the finger. I say this as a still undecided voter, but registered Republican. I would rather vote for McCain for the simple fact I think the Progressive movement that Obama embraces is wrong. However, if McCain thinks Obama called Palin a pig, well, he's an idiot. As of yet, I haven't heard his remarks on it. I only hope and pray he doesn't think that.


All this back and forth BS the campaigns are doing isn't helping anyone. The two candidates should do their own ads and that's it. No surrogates, no outside sources...just hear it all from their mouths. And these other senators and governors that put their two bits in need to shut up as well. They are just showing how stupid they are.



I think the lipstick comment happened like this, at first he didn't mean it that way but then the crowd started laughing so he let them think he did, just my theory and I don't think he was giving her the finger in the video, it looked more like he had a scratch, you notice how sometimes people will get stuck on little nothing issues like this in order to avoid the real issues, yeah, well it looks like the republicans are really getting desperate and that's a shame for Sen. McCain, who I actually like as a candidate.
The ';finger'; incident is debatable - but the ';pig'; reference is pretty obvious.


No one can know what his true intent was - but if it wasn't a slam at Palin, it was certainly an extremely poor choice of words from a man who has told us in the past that words are very important.
Agree with Brian. If you watch the clip, you see him put his hand on his face halfway through the statement like he's thinking ';Oh no...what am I saying?'





He pauses, then finishes the lipstick comment - then tacks on the fish metaphor to show us he's only using a metaphor.





Let it drop.
Disagree. People need to watch the full clips of these events. It is easy to take anything out of context.





The pig with lipstick comment was directly about McCain and he claiming to be an agent of change when he really is not... that was what he was saying.
Indirectly yes I believe he was. This is twofold however since part of his speech is plagiarized, could he have just been taking McCain's earlier comment for himself?
You know what, everyone caught on with this one, what is McSAME - BUSH-3 going to talk about the unemployment figures, the failed economy, heath care, stick a fork in McSAME=BUSH-3 he is done.
Obama knew just what he was doing.





I thought he said he wouldn't get involved in negative campaigning.
Nope to all of the above, it's the same thing like McCain calling his wife a *****.
No I don't believe that was his intent. He needs to learn to think before he speaks though. It seemed like he realized that that remark might be a problem as he was saying it..
its such a game these idiots play. like two kids on a playground. they are just putting spin on everything each other says. just like that stupid uppity thing. they both need to grow up
he's a rotten MUSLEM